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Franciscan Sister Diana Muñoz, a human rights lawyer, poses for a photo outside Casa Betania Santa Martha June 29, 2019, in Salto de Agua, Mexico. In October 2021, the shelter was raided twice within a week by armed individuals claiming to be government officials, but none of the individuals had IDs.

Migrant shelter in southern Mexico denounces raid by armed individuals

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MEXICO CITY -- A Catholic migrant shelter in southern Chiapas state said unidentified individuals forced their way into the premises -- the latest act of intimidation against migrant defenders in the region.

U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke is seen outside the Vatican March 7, 2013. In an Oct. 15, 2021, letter posted on his Facebook page, the 73-year-old cardinal said his recovery from COVID-19 is continuing with the help of physical therapy and he is now able to celebrate daily Mass.

Cardinal Burke continues to recover, urges Catholics to pray rosary daily

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LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Cardinal Raymond L. Burke said his recovery from COVID-19 is continuing with the help of physical therapy and he is now able to celebrate daily Mass.

Kyla Martin’s dreams of competing at the provincial high school cross-country championships have been dashed because her board is one of many choosing not to send athletes over COVID-19 concerns.

COVID precaution kills OFSAA dreams

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For Sarah Martin, hopes to watch her daughter Kyla compete for a medal at the Ontario high school cross-country championships this fall have been dashed once again due to COVID-19.

The Manitoba Legislative Building.

Abortion ‘buffer zone’ bill defeated in Manitoba

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Pro-life forces in Manitoba scored a victory on Oct. 14 when an NDP bill seeking to create a protest buffer zone around facilities providing abortions was voted down in the provincial legislature.

Physiotheraprist Robbie de Fleuriot works with a client at his Fort Physio clinic in Langley, B.C.

Therapist finds beauty in healing, faith

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Physiotherapist Robbie de Fleuriot believes in taking a holistic approach to physical recovery.

Cree residential school survivor Don Tourangeau, centre, at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Richmond, B.C., with pastor Fr. Pierre Ducharme and friend and parishioner Rhonda Caris. About 250 people listened to Tourangeau share his story as a residential school survivor.

From pain to forgiveness: A residential school survivor shares his story

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VANCOUVER -- Rousing applause sounded as Cree elder Don Tourangeau embraced Fr. Pierre Ducharme at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Richmond, B.C., on Canada’s first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.

‘This is a resurrection moment for the Church’

‘This is a resurrection moment for the Church’

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The 2023 Synod on Synodality can’t come fast enough for physician, ethicist and expert on sexual abuse by priests Sr. Nuala Kenny.

Canada, with its enormous share of global mining, needs to ensure its companies overseas adhere to decisions taken for global climate action.

‘Faith is not neutral’ in caring for creation

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Pope Francis isn’t going to let the next global summit on climate change slip by on the same old excuses and empty promises — and Development and Peace - Caritas Canada aims to see Canadian Catholics play their part.

A confessional on which is written: "M. the Priest" is pictured in a Catholic church near Nantes, France, Oct. 5, 2021. Archbishop Charles Scicluna says the report of clerical sexual abuse in France is a call for the church to take action, get more serious about implementing child protection policies and, especially, justice for victims.

Sorrow must turn to action: Archbishop

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VATICAN CITY -- Shame and sorrow are appropriate initial responses to the report on the extent of clerical sexual abuse in France, but the Catholic Church must move to action to protect children and to guarantee justice for victims and survivors, said Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna.

Members of the clergy celebrate Mass at the cathedral in Nice, France, on Oct. 10. An independent report on sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church estimates 330,000 children have been abused since the 1950s.

‘We’re going to have to wake up to the fact there’s a systemic problem’

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Over the past five years, on Tuesdays at noon at the Church of St. Louis d’Antin, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris near the Passage du Havre shopping centre, a shy, scholarly Canadian priest would approach the altar to offer Mass and call the assembly of immigrants and downtown shoppers to confess their sinfulness.

Blessed Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who used his computer programming skills to spread devotion to the Eucharist, is pictured in an undated photo.The Diocese of Assisi says an estimated 117,000 pilgrims have visited the tomb of Blessed Acutis since his beatification in October 2020.

Pilgrims flock to beatified teen's tomb in Assisi ahead of feast day

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ROME -- Thousands of pilgrims have flocked to the tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the 15-year-old Italian teenager whose use of technology to spread devotion to the Eucharist prompted Pope Francis to hail him as a role model for young people today.

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